Sunday Night Surprise Slot

[David Goody]

Anyone got any ideas on who will fill the Sunday night Surprise Slot in the Big Top?

Brakes have said it isn't them on Facebook but I notice that the Alabama Shakes tour dates page has them down as playing a second show at EOTR on Sunday. That could just be a late night Tipi Tent set though.

Edited August 26, 2012 by David Goody

[perfectpassion]

Others have already said this, but it hardly seems like a big surprise, esp as they are already playing?

[riverlodge]

allo darlin are playing a pub in brum at 1pm. surely that means they have kept the evening free for us

[Fareham Grecian]

allo darlin are playing a pub in brum at 1pm. surely that means they have kept the evening free for us

[Nick07]

Deer Tick playing twice according to their site so could be another surprise slot

Listed as playing the 01 and 02 Sep!

[ljsawyer]

Deer Tick playing twice according to their site so could be another surprise slot

Listed as playing the 01 and 02 Sep!

[ElGanzo]

Ya I did think Deer Tick were exactly the type of band that would play late night in the Tipi...

[MaxMaz]

What's the del with late night sets in the tipi? Are they announced? It's my first time.

[Infinite Jest]

Not officially. The band might mention that they are doing a Tipi set during their regular set. Or maybe on Twitter etc.

[Yokel Again]

I seem to have missed every late night set at EOTR! Go to bed too early clearly.

[Christophales]

you generally hear about it throughout the day, but that does lend itself to some pretty ridiculous rumours

[Better Late...]

I seem to have missed every late night set at EOTR! Go to bed too early clearly.

[paulwa]

The only time I caught a late night set was when The Young Republic played a bunch of old 60's rock n roll songs in the Tipi a few years back, followed in the wee small hours by a Young Republic/British Sea Power... ahem... "super group" playing Jonathan Richman songs. This was announced at the end of the BSP set on the Garden Stage. It was great fun and, as it turned out, much better than seeing Jonathan Richman himself this year.

I never stumbled across or heard of any others since.

[RedRockRick]

Me too... and I've never yet caught a secret set in the woods, or at the piano stage. I always hear about these after they've happened.

Edited August 28, 2012 by RedRockRick

[kidpresentable]

Is it worth trying to keep up with Twitter for these secret things?

That said, I don't know what the 3G coverage is like round there.

[MattL80]

So you missed the Felice Brothers/Deer Tick/Low Anthem/Matthew Houck from Phosphorescent supergroup from 2 years ago? Now that was careless.

[paulwa]

You're lucky to get 2G coverage on the site, let alone 3G

[Infinite Jest]

Is it worth trying to keep up with Twitter for these secret things?

That said, I don't know what the 3G coverage is like round there.

[Timberford]

Internet connectivity is very flakey and slow but can be had.

Last year I managed to load up twitter and discovered that Okkervil River were playing an acoustic set on the boat in the woods. Had I not checked, I'd have missed it...

[Better Late...]

I've never found phone reception to be reliable, so I'll have to rely on Kind People who have it, or who have heard announcements I missed, to keep me up to date. I always seem to go to bed, having got bored with wandering around with nothing to do once the official stuff has finished and assuming nothing is happening, only to find ( as mentioned above) that in fact some of the best stuff has happened after I went to bed. And then, having gone to bed relatively early, I wake before most people and am bored and wandering aimlessly again in the morning !

Edited August 28, 2012 by Better Late...

[ogriff]

Internet connectivity is very flakey and slow but can be had.

Last year I managed to load up twitter and discovered that Okkervil River were playing an acoustic set on the boat in the woods. Had I not checked, I'd have missed it...

[perfectpassion]

Last year EOTR sent a twitter message to say Okkervil River were playing on the boat in the woods. My phone signal is always rubbish at EOTR and the battery hardly lasts 5 mins.

[Timberford]

You can get twitter to send you text messages when an account tweets (e.g. @EOTR)...

Login to twitter.com

• Visit your Settings page.

• Click the Mobile tab.

• Look for the area labelled Text message notifications.

• Check the box for Tweets from people you've enabled for mobile notifications to receive text message notifications any time a specific person Tweets.

• Visit the Profile page or click on the username of the user whose updates you want to receive via SMS

• Click the profile icon beside and select Turn on SMS Tweets from the drop-down menu (pictured below).

• From the same drop-down select Turn off SMS Tweets if you no longer wish to receive text message updates from this user.

Copied from the info/instructions here...

https://support.twit...t-notifications

Edited August 29, 2012 by Timberford

[ogriff]

Thanks Timberford! Now to eke my phone's battery out for a few days...

[staffop]

If you have an iPhone, turn off 3g, blue tooth, location services etc as these significantly affect battery life. Reducing brightness also helps!